1978 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

none March 2020 March 2020 Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 4 May 1978, with one third of council up for election as well as an extra vacancy in Shipley: Central, North & East. The election resulted in the Conservatives retaining control with voter turnout at 38.3%.District results: Bradford The Yorkshire Post 4 May 1978 Scans https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E08000032.stm Vote 2012: Bradford 20 February 2013 BBC News OnlineBradford election results Telegraph & Argus 4 May 1978 Election result Bradford local election result 1978 Conservative Party (UK) 18 1 2 -1 56.2 49.2 61,930 +0.8% Labour Party (UK) 13 2 0 +2 40.6 38.7 48,771 +4.5% Liberal Party (UK) 1 0 1 -1 3.1 8.8 11,110 +0.9% National Front (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.1 2,619 -5.2% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 790 +0.6% Socialist Unity (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 456 +0.4% Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 204 +0.2% This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Conservatives 61 60 Labour 26 28 Liberals 5 4 Independent Labour 1 1 Total 93 93 Working majority #FFBF00 29 darkgray #FFBF00 27 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Curtis 2,803 58.4 +6.4 Labour Party (UK) J. Whiteside 1,529 31.9 -2.3 Liberal Party (UK) K. Buckley 361 7.5 +1.1 National Front (UK) A. Smith 106 2.2 -5.2 1,274 26.5 +8.7 4,799 36.1 -5.1 Conservative Party (UK) +4.3 Baildon Conservative Party (UK) A. Lightowler 2,989 55.9 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) P. Clarke 1,320 24.7 +6.7 Liberal Party (UK) Kathleen Greenwood 1,040 19.4 -9.7 1,669 31.2 +7.4 5,349 46.7 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) -1.8 Bingley: Central, East, North & West Conservative Party (UK) A. Chapman 3,139 62.2 +0.6 Labour Party (UK) B. Lynch 1,311 26.0 +5.8 Liberal Party (UK) I. Ross 598 11.8 -6.4 1,828 36.2 -5.2 5,048 41.8 -3.8 Conservative Party (UK) -2.6 Bolton Conservative Party (UK) E. Wooler 1,748 47.8 +5.5 Labour Party (UK) E. Steed 1,381 37.7 +9.8 Liberal Party (UK) J. Moran 415 11.3 -6.9 National Front (UK) Elsie Barcook 116 3.2 -8.4 367 10.0 -4.3 3,660 34.5 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) -2.1 Bowling Labour Party (UK) B. Kearns 1,551 60.1 +14.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Conquest 917 35.5 -0.9 National Front (UK) S. Collins 113 4.4 -13.2 634 24.6 +15.0 2,581 33.5 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) +7.5 Bradford Moor Labour Party (UK) Walter Johnson 2,295 49.7 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy Tyler 1,672 36.2 +3.3 Socialist Unity (UK) R. Goldberg 456 9.9 +9.9 National Front (UK) S. Wood 194 4.2 -16.1 623 13.5 -0.4 4,617 42.5 -3.4 Labour Party (UK) -0.2 Clayton, Ambler Thorn & Queensbury Conservative Party (UK) Irene Cookland 3,566 61.8 +5.9 Labour Party (UK) D. Hopkins 2,040 35.4 +2.1 National Front (UK) Joan Wood 164 2.8 -5.5 1,526 26.4 +3.8 5,770 35.1 -3.4 Conservative Party (UK) +1.9 Craven: Silsden, Addingham, Kildwick & Steeton with Eastburn Conservative Party (UK) J. Barker 2,299 59.1 -13.0 Labour Party (UK) D. Wright 1,509 38.8 +10.9 National Front (UK) Alice Fairew 82 2.1 +2.1 790 20.3 -23.9 3,890 40.7 -7.8 Conservative Party (UK) -11.9 Denholme, Cullingworth, Bingley South & Wilsden Conservative Party (UK) Emily Hall 3,277 74.1 -5.7 Labour Party (UK) Pauline Wall 817 18.5 -1.7 Liberal Party (UK) Susan Clemence 329 7.4 +7.4 2,460 55.6 -3.9 4,423 42.4 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) -2.0 Eccleshill Conservative Party (UK) S. Swallow 1,805 45.5 +5.0 Labour Party (UK) A. Dewhirst 1,710 43.1 +8.2 Liberal Party (UK) P. Sugden 340 8.6 -6.4 National Front (UK) T. Hawthorn 113 2.8 -6.8 95 2.4 -3.1 3,968 37.7 -0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) -1.6 Great Horton Conservative Party (UK) A. Dennison 2,154 49.5 -2.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Stork 2,057 47.3 +10.7 National Front (UK) A. Cureton 136 3.1 -7.8 97 2.2 -13.6 4,347 41.2 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) -6.8 Haworth, Oakworth & Oxenhope Conservative Party (UK) G. Hodgson 2,497 56.7 -9.7 Labour Co-operative H. Binns 1,496 34.0 +0.4 Liberal Party (UK) H. Mortimer 407 9.2 +9.2 1,001 22.7 -10.1 4,400 37.6 -0.4 Conservative Party (UK) -5.0 Heaton Conservative Party (UK) J. King 2,775 57.3 -2.0 Labour Party (UK) M. Ajeeb 1,527 31.5 +6.6 Liberal Party (UK) Mary Howard 392 8.1 +1.6 National Front (UK) G. Wright 150 3.1 -6.2 1,248 25.8 -8.6 4,844 44.5 +2.0 Conservative Party (UK) -4.3 Idle Liberal Party (UK) P. Hockney 3,863 93.6 +59.0 National Front (UK) A. Farrow 264 6.4 -1.8 3,599 87.2 +85.0 4,127 35.4 -5.1 Liberal Party (UK) +28.6 Ilkley: Ben Rhydding, Ilkley North, South & West Conservative Party (UK) E. Wright 2,797 71.2 +20.2 Liberal Party (UK) Rebecca Jones 1,130 28.8 +28.8 1,667 42.4 +40.3 3,927 40.3 -6.2 Conservative Party (UK) -4.3 Ilkley: Burley, Holme & Menston Conservative Party (UK) D. Smith 2,443 63.5 -1.0 Labour Party (UK) C. Hunter 852 22.1 +9.4 Liberal Party (UK) Carton Svensgaard 552 14.3 -8.4 1,591 41.4 -0.5 3,847 49.5 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) -5.2 Keighley: Keighley Central, East & South Labour Party (UK) H. Peacock 2,332 52.7 +6.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Robertshaw 1,682 38.0 -2.4 Liberal Party (UK) Judith Brooksbank 301 6.8 +0.5 National Front (UK) J. Dawson 106 2.4 -4.2 650 14.7 +8.4 4,421 41.4 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) +4.2 Keighley: Morton & Keighley North East Conservative Party (UK) J. Womersley 1,542 50.0 -15.2 Labour Party (UK) S. Bowen 908 29.5 +2.9 Liberal Party (UK) G. Sims 548 17.8 +17.8 National Front (UK) Kate Ingham 83 2.7 -5.5 634 20.6 -18.2 3,081 40.1 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) -9.1 Keighley: North West & West Labour Party (UK) B. Thorne 2,465 49.1 +7.6 Conservative Party (UK) Hilda Harrison 2,447 48.8 +2.6 National Front (UK) K. O'Neill 105 2.1 -4.1 18 0.4 -4.2 5,017 42.7 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) +2.5 Laisterdyke Labour Party (UK) J. Fieldhouse 1,670 68.0 +10.6 Conservative Party (UK) H. Thorne 786 32.0 +2.7 884 36.0 +7.9 2,456 32.0 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) +3.9 Little Horton Labour Party (UK) A. Hameed 1,449 45.8 -11.8 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Warrilow 1,024 32.4 +1.2 Liberal Party (UK) N. Baggley 346 10.9 +10.9 Independent Labour M. Mirza 204 6.4 +6.4 National Front (UK) G. Brown 140 4.4 -6.8 425 13.4 -13.0 3,163 28.6 -0.7 Labour Party (UK) -6.5 Manningham Labour Party (UK) H. Baines 2,109 54.5 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) S. Bailey 1,093 28.2 -9.7 Independent (politician) R. Shahid 369 9.5 +9.5 Liberal Party (UK) Anne Smithson 167 4.3 +4.3 National Front (UK) R. Fairey 134 3.5 -7.5 1,016 26.2 +14.9 3,872 36.3 +1.8 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +7.4 Odsal Conservative Party (UK) M. Medler 2,196 59.0 +4.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Bruce 1,524 41.0 +4.0 672 18.1 +0.9 3,720 35.6 -5.3 Conservative Party (UK) +0.4 Shipley: Central, North & East Labour Party (UK) N. Free 2,477 59.3 +9.6 Labour Party (UK) B. Chadwick 2,465 Conservative Party (UK) D. Cooke 1,697 40.7 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) M. Hollings 1,694 768 18.7 +7.4 4,174 39.3 +4.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +3.7 Shipley: South & West Conservative Party (UK) S. Arthur 3,104 71.6 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) P. Lancaster 1,233 28.4 -1.3 1,871 43.2 +2.6 4,337 42.8 -3.4 Conservative Party (UK) +1.3 Thornton Conservative Party (UK) G. Chapman 2,392 62.4 +14.6 Labour Party (UK) R. Holroyde 1,146 29.9 +6.3 Liberal Party (UK) J. Pearson 191 5.0 -7.5 National Front (UK) F. Harris 103 2.7 -5.4 1,246 32.5 +8.3 3,832 37.8 -4.0 Conservative Party (UK) +4.1 Tong Labour Party (UK) J. Senior 2,160 64.8 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Owen 1,047 31.4 +7.1 National Front (UK) G. Robinson 127 3.8 -5.6 1,113 33.4 -4.9 3,334 27.6 +0.4 Labour Party (UK) -2.4 Undercliffe Labour Party (UK) G. Goodyear 1,932 53.6 +16.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Stanley 1,507 41.8 +1.7 National Front (UK) D. Matson 165 4.6 -8.0 425 11.8 +9.3 3,604 41.8 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +7.1 University Labour Party (UK) M. Hussain 2,005 58.9 +16.5 Conservative Party (UK) D. Baggley 747 22.0 -1.5 Independent (politician) A. Patel 421 12.4 +12.4 Liberal Party (UK) C. Hill 130 3.8 -18.6 National Front (UK) T. Brown 99 2.9 -8.8 1,258 37.0 +18.0 3,402 41.3 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) +9.0 Wibsey Conservative Party (UK) F. Hillam 2,210 60.1 +12.5 Labour Party (UK) F. Bastow 1,347 36.6 +6.5 National Front (UK) D. Brown 119 3.2 -7.5 863 23.5 +6.0 3,676 35.0 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) +3.0 Wyke Labour Party (UK) B. Seal 2,619 62.4 -16.2 Conservative Party (UK) K. Porter 1,575 37.5 +37.5 1,044 24.9 -32.5 4,194 35.5 +11.8 Labour Party (UK) -26.9 References 1 Bradford 1978 Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 1978